Talented gardeners Ray Chaytor and Colin Shaw have scooped a special award for their horticultural talent. The green-fingered duo impressed judges at…
It’s a double awards success for our in-house build team, scooping its second top construction award in the space of just eight months. Bernicia project manager Rod Hutchinson and site manager Ian Marshall are pictured with their latest accolade from LABC Warranty, a second prestigious ‘The Bricks Site Recognition Award’ for…
A multi-million pound bid is being submitted to Government for transformational improvements to Ashington town centre. A bid for over £16m will be made next month to the Government’s Levelling Up Fund (LUF) – a £4.8 billion scheme for eligible local authorities to invest in infrastructure that improves everyday life,…
We are all aware of the terrible conflict happening in Ukraine right now, and the humanitarian crisis this has created. One of our Government’s responses to this is the Homes for Ukraine scheme, which is designed to enable people to support refugees from the Ukraine through the offer of a…
Learning has never been as much fun for the youngsters at two Bedlington nursery schools. They are enjoying playing with a host of new toys and equipment inside and outside the classroom, bringing fresh impetus to their learning with the support of the Bernicia Community Investment Fund. The Spring Bedlington…
A hugely popular football project in Berwick led by the Newcastle United Foundation will continue for at least another year thanks to renewed funding from Bernicia. Bernicia has extended its backing of the Berwick Kicks sessions with £11,500 worth of support from its Community Investment Fund. The grant will…
We’re about to begin a survey of trees on our land – open spaces and gardens – to assess their condition and to make sure they don’t pose any risk to people or properties. Bernicia carries out this survey every three years, so if tenants and customers see officials inspecting…
t Bernicia’s newly formed team of employability experts spearheading our £2m investment to help people into work and access new opportunities. Jackie Johnson, employability manager, heads up the new team of experienced industry professionals consisting of employability business partners Dionne Smith, Anthony Burdis and monitoring officer Amelia Lyall-Rollin. The team…
The Pelaw View Centre on Durham’s Sherburn Road estate is building a renewed sense of community and greater aspiration as part of Bernicia’s commitment to provide estate-based community support and wellbeing centres across the North East. Bernicia has transformed the centre into a hugely popular community hub, allowing residents to…
North East housing association Bernicia will invest £210m into homes and communities over the next four years. The investment will focus on building at least 600 new homes across the region, deliver major works to improve existing housing and neighbourhoods and help people into work. Tenants’ views…
Avid young readers from a Sunderland primary school delved into the fantasy world of Alice in Wonderland and its literary link to the city to name a new housing estate. Bernicia is building a new 37 home estate in a £6m development on the site of the former Southwick Primary…
Safety specialists are abseiling down the 38 metre high Northumbria Lodge in Newcastle – the latest in a package of measures from Bernicia to keep tenants safe in their homes. …
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